Roles and Responsibilities
- Responsible for building and developing the indirect tax practice (for the AD mandate)
- Identify the new clients (independently or with the help of seniors or other teams).
- Identifying the new opportunities with the existing clients (in view of the new developments in the field of Indirect taxes or developments at client's end)
- Maintain strong client relationships and leverage the same for cross selling
- Putting conscious efforts towards networking within the same service line and with other service lines
- Understand various services offered by different service lines in the organization
- Cross selling and generating new clients for the firm
- Understand the client's requirements and seek the relevant facts to identify the solution and service offering
- Design and plan the service offerings for client that can meet his requirement, outline the detailed scope of work and scope limitations, discuss the commercials with the Partner
- Effective communication of service offerings / proposal to the client and ensuring to convert the lead into an assignment
- Ensuring appropriate risk processes are completed before initiating the assignment / project as per the firm's Risk guidelines and all the necessary approvals are obtained
- Plan and management the execution of the assignment with right resources; ensuring the quality of deliverables and meeting the timelines set
- Provide expert advise to clients on Indirect tax law and regulations with industry insights (if possible) and practical approach
- Attempt to provide the value addition while undertaking the assignment; developing innovative solutions for clients
- Managing pan India compliance and advisory services
- Representing clients before the tax authorities / appellate authorities in relation to audits / assessments / litigation matters
- Provide guidance and coach the team members while executing the assignment / project
- Coaching / mentor the team members on various concepts of Indirect tax; ensure on the job learning
- Ensure nominating the team members for the training (initiatives taken at firm level); ensure attendance of the team members for the regular internal and external training
- Understanding the career aspirations of team members and discuss the path towards achieving the same
- Manage team developments and performance
- Encourage innovation / best practices in team
- Provide regular feedback to team members on their performance
Qualifications
Qualified CA
Skills
Strong analytical abilityExcellent communication and presentation skillsClient relationship managementTeam playerExperience in consulting would be an added advantageAbility to manage dynamic teamsExposure to all areas of Indirect TaxationExperience in both compliance and advisoryExperience
7-10 years of experience in Indirect tax compliance and advisory services For Associate Director roles and 4-7 years for Manager rolesSkills Required
Client Relationship Management, Team Management, Analytical Skills